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While AT THE South Uie Federal loaders .sti^nnatize General Cass as an Abolitionist, 
and proudly proclnim that Tmjlor ivonld promptly veto amjUthuj like Ihe Wihnot 
proviso; at the North they tixc boldly repreeenting that ii: the event ol' his elec- 
tion he will xot veto the Wihnot provho. This, too, notwithstanding Gen. Taylor 
has repudiated their version of the "Signal"' letter, and has made no mention a<" the 
AVilmot proviso in that tissue of duplicities— the Allison letter! Can iuinoslure and 
hypocrisy go farther ? 

Subjoined arc extracts from Southern Whig sources^, slsou'ing how General Taylor is 
understood at the South. We shall characterize them as 

GENERAL TAYLOR'S SOUTHERN FACE, 



"Keep it before the People — Tl'.at no man can 
vote for William O. Butler for Vice Picsident 
without voting lor Lewis Cass, the Northern 
Jiboliiionist, forthe higher oHice of President." — 
N. O. Bee, (W/iig.) 

" Gen. Taylor on the Proviso.— Gnc of the Tay- 
Jor Whig electors of Louisiana, "where candidates 
all take the stiunp, affirmed, in a speech at.Baton 
Bouge, Gen. Taylor's own residence, that the ohl 
General was 'all ris:hC upon the slavery qnestion; 
adding, 'I can assure my fellow-citizens here that 
Taylor will promptly veto anything like 
THE WiLMOT PiToviso. Ihc interests of the 
South are safe in his hand?.'" — iV". Q. Courier. 

An Alahania correspondent of the Albany Atlas 
writes : " The Taylor candidate for elector in this 
district declared tlie other day, in a public discus- 
sion in this county, (Greene^) 'that ihe. pcnjile of 
ike South liad THREE HUJN'DRED PLEDGES 
— alluding to Gen. Taylor'.s negroes— that he 
t WOULD VETO the WILMOT PKOVISO.'" 
\ " Jn eventful, thritlinf:, and highly dmigerovs 
crisis has been forced upon the country by loco 
Ifoco demagogttes, regardless of the sanciihj of 
ikat Union, which is so dear to every patriotic Jinie- 
iicfitn citizen. The Wilmot Pnoviso, as it is 
^alled, has opkned a fearful mine be- 
1*eath the foundations of the sacred con- 
STITUTION. That mine may explode at the 

HOOR OF MIDNIGHT, AND FOREVER DESTROY 
THE PROUDF-ST FABRIC OF HUMAN GENIUS AND 

VIRTUE. To avert this threatkned evil, to 
close the mighty chasm that begins to yawn be- 
tween the free and slave States, is a duly we owe 
to ourselves, to our posterity, to the memory of 
the illustrious dead. How shall this be c'one ? 



' " We must elect a man for President of tite United 
Slates who Hues in our own sunny South; who 
is willing to jieril all for the Constitution ; who 
loves the South and HEK CHERISHED IN- 
STITUTIONS. ' « * . 

" Such a man is General Zacboj-y Taylor. He 
lives in thf. South, and makes twelve hun- 
dred bai.es OF cotton on the eanks of the 
Mfssifi.sipi'i. HIS INTERESTS, HIS FEEL- 
INGS ARE ALL WITH \]S."—Alab. Whig. 

The Matagorda (TexasJ Tribune, on the 22(1 
ol May, has the followinq; emphatic paragraph 
with respect to General Tavior and the expected 
benefits of his election : 

"If elected, our institution— we speak out 

slavery, will be under the protection of his eagle 
eye and his giant arm. Who does not know that 
that institution is in some shape or other under 
daily discussion in Congress, and that at this mo- 
ment the Southern members are ill at ease in con- 
sequence of new and fearful movements bein^ 
made in relation to it.'" " 

" He know that, in this great paramount and 
LEADING QUESTION of the RIGHTS of the 
SOUTH, HE [General Taylor] is of ds, he is 
WITH US, and he is FOR US ["—Resolution of 
a Taylor meeting in Charleston, S. Q. 

The declaration of Col. Peyton, which follows, 
cannot be denied. He asserted it boldly and tri- 
umphantly, and vauntingly asked the people pro- 
sent if that looked like Wilmot provisoism .' He 
said that General Taylor did not approve, and did 
not countenance in the least, the idea of favoring 
such an anti-southern principle. But, let me ap- 
pend the declaration as I find it in the Louisiana 
Floridian, published at Clinton, Louisiana, under 



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dale of Sentemljtif 2, &ni within #eVenty-live miles 
t)f Tajloi s residence. He stated : 

'^Geii. Taylor ha^ recently invested one hundred 
ihoueimd dollurs in rw.groes, and therefore cannot 
be in favor of the Wilmot proviso." — Corrcsjjon- 
dtnt of Uie IViishJngttm Union. 

" In regard to the conversation had with Gene- 
ral Taylor, I have to say, Ave did not talk on thc 
tarlff— W8 did on tho war. He expressed himsell 
IN FAVOR OF THE WAR; llE SAID HE 
WAS DF.CIDEDLY IN FAVOR OF PROSE- 
CUTING IT VIGOROUSLY, till they sliould 
yield an hoaorabls peace; HE AVAS FOR IN- 
DEMNITY CERTAIN, AND THAT TERRI 
TORIAL; wa« not wedded to any line particu- 
larly, but thought perhaps, as a kind of couipro- 
laiso with the XVilmot proviso men, we had bettei 
go up to Si degrees, makiuj^ the Rio Grande the 
wpstarn bound.'jrv up to that degrne ; and said, 
THE SOUTH SiKJULD INEVER AGREE TO 
THE PROVISIONS OF THE ^VILMOT PRO 
VISO; although he did not believe there evei 
would bo slavery there, yet if ti^ie country ua?: 
acquired, the citizen.^ should be lelt free on tli u 
subject. Ko says A EL MKXICO WILL EVEN- 
TUALLY COME INTO OUR (XJVERNMENl 
BY DEGREES, that IT CANNOT BE AVOID- 
ED. On the subject of politics, h-i said he was 
DO politician; had been three-fourthg of his lifr 
in the army ; devoted his time and mind to thai 
serTice, und paid but little attention (o anything 
else." — Slaleineii'fryni on^ of llie Committee of thi 
Mi'isifisifipi Legi'Slatiire appointed to invite General 
Ttrylor to visit that State. 

Iii a letterto tho editor of the Tuscalocjsa (Ala.) 
Monitor, General Taylor says : 

" In reply to your remarks concerning a lettei 
which I addressed sonje time .since to iho cilitoi 
of the Cincinnati SigUiil, I have no liesitation in 
stating that it was not my intention in that com- 
munication to express an opinion either in con- 
currence with, or in opposition to, any cf the 
■views etabracfcil in the editorial article to which 
it refers." 

" Girwrai Taylor, a Sovthcm man, the destiny oj 
himself and his children identified with i a.'V'i 
OF THE SouTU, his immense 'wealth CON.'SIST- 
ING IN SLAVES, trnd land whicli has to be CUL- 
TIVATED BY SLAVES TO REiNDERIT VA 
LUABLE — he an enemy to the South I he infacor 
of prosh-ating Southern rights and interests .' The 
very qwintes^efice of absurdify ! TliEY MIGHT 
AS WELL SAY THAT GEN. TAYLOR IS A 
PSEE NEGROr— iJfor/o/i {Ala.) Review, a Tay- 
lor pqper. 

" lsi',-jrimis new3 — The Union preserved — Repudi- 
tttion of the IViimol proviso by the Whig Ccmven- 
tion. — The friends of the South, as well as of the 
Union, will learu with inexpressible satisfaction 
that Iha Whig Convention PROMPTLY MET 
THE QUESTION OF THE WILMOT PRO 
VISO, AND REPUDIATED A RESOLUTION 
ADOPTING THAT DOCTRINE, AT ONCE 
BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY — 
IT WOULD NOT TOUCH THE UNCLEAN 
THING. 

''How different this generous and patriotic ac- 



tion from the dangerous sectional fanaticism of 
the Democratic Convention. It will be recollect- 
«d that a resolution was introduced there by Mr. 
Yancey to repudiate tlie proviso, which the Con- 
vention rcfuiml to do, by a vole of 216 to 86. — 
This vote aimed a death-blov/ to the rights of the 
South^ and its eti'ect has been to cast gloom and 
dismay in the hearts of those who struggle for the 
preservation of our glorious Union. Doubts and 
fears began t(j overwhelm the public mind, lest 
•i\'i:n the Whigs, the gieat conservative party of 
th« Union, ALSO AIIGFIT BE INFECTED 
WITH THIS HERESY, and have yielded to the 
'progressive' notions of the Locofocoism of the 
age. Thanks to a kind Providence, which has al- 
^yays watched over our belovt-d land, a party still 
e.vists determined to regard the ' compromiics of the 
Cori!!fitu4ion,' &,c., and those just and equal rights 
to ail sections, without which our glorious Union 
cannot exist one moment. THEY HAVE MET 
THIS INCENDIAIIY AND DESTRUCTIVE 
PR INCIPLE AS IVIIIGS-in the old Whig spirit 
of enlightened patriotism of the patriotic lathers, 
and on which the party is founded. THEY 
UAP.ED TO STAND UP AND MEET THIS 
FIREBRAND OF UNPRINCIPLED FAC- 
TIONISTS boldly (as the Democratic Conven- 
iion did not) — to meet it as men aware of their 
duties, like their great leader at Buena Vista, 
'a.-lving no favors and shrinking from no respon- 
sibilities' — to cast it out of their Convention in the 
!eclh of these infvriated fanatics, ami to declare that 
't was no part, and. should be no pari, of the Whig 
creed. This the Democratic Convention would 
not do. We congraluiate the Soulh — we congratu- 
late the Southern mon, who have never appealed 
to tlie fidelity, honor, patriotism, and generosity, 
of their Northern Whig brethren in vain. We 
congratulate the Union that there is still one great 
patriotic party which is determined to resist the 
mad and malign intluence, which, if unchecked, 
would soon leave of its sacred rights but the 
name." — Alabama Journal. 

"The subjects of a tariff, bank, and internal 
improvements, are dwaried into insigniiicant di- 
mensions when compared with the great and over- 
^liadowing one which an unprincipled Northern 
anil Northwestern Democracy has dared to throw 
before the people, [alluding to the free territcry 
principle.] It is of vital consequence that the 
Soulh should march up to this question. By 

BIUrH, EDUCATION, SKNTIMENT, FEELING, AS- 
SOCIATION, AND INTEUESr, GEjNERAL TaYLOR 

IS ONE OF US. The SoutJi may well answer the 
North through him, and redeem the pledge it has 
mode to support no man who is not of us or with 
us." — Charleston (S. C.) Courier. 

" One reason why the South should sustain Tay- 
lor tor the Presidency with great unanimity is, 
because his nomination affords a final and unlook- 
ed for chance of electing a Southern man to 
that oifice. The importance of placing at the 
head of Govf.rnment one who, from birth, asso- 
ciation, and CONNECTION, is identified with 
the South, and vriil fearlessly uphold litjr rights 
and guard her from oppression, cannot fail to 
strike every mind. In tlds view, his election be- 
comes a question of vital moment to the SLAVE- 



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HOLDING PORTION of the ConfedfTicy."— 
New Orleans Bee. 

"Who is General Taylor? and vvheie dons he 
live? f'verybody kiiovx-s that he is a cilizei} of 
Louisiana; an extensive and successful farmer; 
and owns inoie slaves than the most of his slander- 
ers can ever hope honestly to obtain. Is there 
any fear of sucl-i a man on this subject? Born in 
a slave Stale, and still reiidin<x in one ; wilh a lar^e 
portion of his capital invested in this specie< of 
property ; identifipd from interest, inclination, and 
education, with the institvtions around us ; will 
any sensible maa hesitate on this suhject (o pre- 
fer' him to liis opponent:" — Columbus {Geo.} En- 
quirer. 

" I£ the people of the South demand stronger 
evidence of a man's soundness on the slavery 
question than the fact tliat he i* a Southerner by 
birth, habits, and associations ; that he has always 
been identified with tf,e South, and that all ti.e 
])roperty he has in the \vorld is invested in a cot- 
Ion plantation— it is not likely that they will evi»r 
get it. They do not deserve" moTC^'— Mississippi 
Courier. 

"If we cannot trust him, who owns Sonth.ern 
slaves and Western mules, raises cotton, and is 
devoted to agricnitsre — lives in the heart of the 
.slave section — who obtained his nomination by 
Southern and Western votes almost exclusively, 
and will only be elected by them — and v\!io 1ms 
always shown a Roman tirmness — whom can we 
trust? While we should pledge our suppoil to 
him as a Southern man, and vpon this isiue, we 
would give it only in this view. We will thus 
defeat the North and Cass— the great end. 

" We cannot support Cass, because he is rottrn 
and dangerotis on the slave question geneniliy, 

and the territorial branch of it parliculariy." 

Conim. in Charleston -Net" s. 



Extra ^^ffoicances to Gens. C'asa and Taylor. 

" LOOK ON THIS PICTURE, .-VND THEN OX THAT." 

The whole amount of the allowances made to 
Gen. Cass, over and above his regular pay, which 
the Whigs, with all their remarkable facility at 
figures, can make out, is .s-63,9f>0 4(), viz : 
Fov 10 ratiuus per day at 20 cents per ration, fron; 
Oct. 9, IS 13, to May 29, 1822, allowed by Mr. 
CalhouQ, Sec'ry of War, on account of the great 
■ expense attending his intercourse with the In- 
dians as superin"t of Indian affairs . ;3i'6,610 00 
For office-rent, clerk-hire, fuel, sta- 
tionery, &.C., from Oct'r 9, 1S13, to 
July 31, 1S31, at S'l>500 per annum, 
allowed by Mr. Calhoun, Secretary 
of War, Nov. 2, 1821, and drawn af- 
terwards, pursuant to that decision - 2C,71j 00 
For services in superintending the In- 
dian agencies of Piqua, in Ohio; Fort 
Wayne, in Indiana; and Ctiicago, in 
Illinois, at i3>'l,500 per annum, from 
Jan. 1, 1S22, to July 31. 1S31, allow- 
ed by Gen. P. B. Porter, Secretary 
of War, on an opinion of the Hon. 
Wm. Wilt, Attorney General of the 



U. States, in favor of the allowance — 
the said ctgtiicics not being within 
Gen. Cass's jurisdiction as superin- 
tendent of Indian attaiib for Michi- 
gan, and the services beiog therefore 
extra, and not required of him by law 14,875 00 

For services and expenses as commis- 
sioner in t!ie negotiation of numerous 
Indian treaties, by which near one 
hundred miliionB of acrts of land was 
acquireii, worth at least Uiree hun- 
dred millions of dollars; for expen- 
ses in coming to, and while at Wash- 
ing;ton, in preparing a code for the 
reorganization of the Indian depart- 
ment, and, on one occasir-n. to aid in 
tiie settlptnent of his targe and com- 
p'icated accounts for disbursements 
as superintendent of Indian affairs — 
the services having been rendered 
and the expenses incurred at various 
periods between 1S14 and 1S29, and 
the allowances therefor having been 
made by the Sec'ry of War for the 
time being .... 12,71200 

For pay and allowances as a captain, 
as compensation for his services, in 
the discharge of outstanding debts in 
Michigan Teiritory, (under an ap- 
pointment of the acting Secretary of 
War, Mav 12, 1S17,) from May 12, 
1817, to June 28, 1821, allowed by 
the Secretary of War . . 2,576 63 

For compensation for services paying 
claiuis of th.a late war; being the pay, 
&c. for one year, of an assistant dep- 
uty quartermaster general, allowed 
by the Secretary of' War , . 1,001 80 



Total . . . ^-68,990 4f> 

Oi this amount, we clearly showed, in the arti- 
cles upon the subject published in our paper on 
the lOfh and i6th instant, that $4(;,9j4 50 was tlir 
dcluai expenses and expenditures incurred by Gen. 
Cass in the performance of the duties imposed 
r ■' . . by which he was not therefore 

benefited one cent; thus leaving only $17,035 96, 
as extra compensation for a large amount of extra 
services, extending through neatly nineteen years, 
and the value of which, both to the Government 
and to the Indians ia his charge, could scarcely be 
computed. 

We now turn to the otlier picture — the extra 
allowances to General Taylor — taken from reports 
made by the proper accounting otiicers, and laid 
before the House of Representatives during the 
last session, but which General Taylor's friends 
(the Whigs) would not suffer to be published. — 
We restate these allowances, as published in our 
paper of the 16th instant, with some additional 
information in regard to the present pay and extra 
allowances of the Whig candidate for the preei- 
dency. 



Ist. Allowances over and above pay, given sep- 
arutciy in the reports. 

SECOND AUDITOR'S REPORT. 

Ercvet pay and ecaoluuicnts . . *$8,564 04 

Double rations .... 12,605 00 

THIRD AUDITOR'S REPORT. 
Transportation of officers' baggage . 3,723 15 
Commutation of quarters andlue! . ]58'i Oe) 
Per diem allowance on court-martial 

duty . . . . . 233 02 



;^25,703 30 

2d. Allowances mixed up with his pay, under 
the head of " Pay and Eraolumeiits." 

4 rations per day as lieutenant and cap- 
tain, from May 3, 1808, to Sept'r 5, 
i812~l,0S5 days^ and 6,340 rations 
at 20 cents .... 

1 ration for 1 servant for same time . 
Allowance as pay for 1 servant, same 

time, at §7 per month 
Allowance, clothing for same, at $2 50 
per month .... 

4 rations ner day as major, from Sept. 
5th, lBi2, to April 20, 1819—2,417 
days, and 9, 60S rations at 20 cents . 

2 rations for 2 sr:rvants for same time 
Allowance as pay for same, same time, 

at ^7 per month each . , 

Allowance for clothing .same, at §2 50 

per month each 
Allowance for forage for 3 horses, same 

time, at #8 per month each 

5 rations per day as lieutenant colonel, 
from A;>ril 20, 1S19, to to April 20, 
1829— .S,650 days, and 13,250 rations 
at 20 cants .... 

2 rations for 2 servants, for same time 
Allowance as pay for 2 servants, same 

time, at ^7 per month each . 
Allowance, clothing for same, at $2 50 

per Djonth each 
Allowance for forage Ibr 3 horses, same 

time, at ^:S per month each . 

6 rations per day as colonel, from April 

20th, 1339, to Dec'r 23, 1837—3,169 

days, and 19,014 ratious at 20 cts. . 
2 rations for 2 servants, same time 
Allov.'dnce as pay for same, same timo, 

at $7 per month each 
Allowance for clothing for same, same 

time, at .'^■2 50 per month each 
Allowance for forage for 4 horses, same 

time, at ^S per iiionth e'ach . 
12 rations per day as brigadier gener.il, 

from Dec'r 25tn, 1S37, to June 29th, 



,•^•1,263 00 
317 00 


364 76 


130 27 


1,9.53 60 
966 SO 


1,112 48 


397 31 


i.sys 89 



3,650 00 
1,460 00 

1,680 00 

600 CO 

2,8S0 00 

3,802 80 
1,267 60 

1^453 60 

520 92 

3,333 96 



* From this sum the amount of brevet emolu- 
ments should be deducted, as they are embraced 
in the next class, which are made up according to 
his brevet rank when lie was in comirj.aud, and re- 
ceived " pay and emoluments" in accordance with 
that rank. 

t The value of the '• quarters and fuel in kifid" 
I'uraishod to him, when he did not draw commu- 
t.ition therefor, vvc have been unable to ascertain. 
It v.'ould, however, amount to a coijsiderable wni. 



1846—3,106 days, and 37,272 rations 

at 20 cents .... 7,454 40 
8 rations for 3 servants, for same time 1,863 60 
Allowance as pay for same, same time, 

at ^'7 per month each . . 2,144 41 

Allowance, clothing for same, at $:2 50 

per month each . . . 765 86 

Allowance for forage for 5 horses, same 

time, at $H per month each . . 4,083 97 

15 rations per day as maj. general, from 

June 29, 1846, to Dec'r 31, 1847 — 

531 days, and 8,265 rations at 20 cts. 1,6.j3 00 
4 rations for 4 servants, for same time 440 SO 

Allowance as pay for same, same time, 

at .5f7 per month each . . 507 20 

Allowance, clothing for same, at $2 50 

per month each . . . 181 15 

Allowance for forage for 7 horses, for 

same time, at ^'8 per month each . "1,016 36 

;g-49,i55 74 

Total of both classes . . §74,864 04 

Thus VYc see that while the Whig presses and 
orators have been "ringing the chang'^s" all over 
the country, to the effect that Gen. Cass has re- 
ceived (he enormous sum of ^63,990 46 for extra 
allowances — more than two-thirds of which was 
for actual expenses and expenditures, and did not 
therefore benefit him a farthing — and indulging 
fheir relined taste by calling him "plunderer," 
" robber," " iliief," and other polite epithets com- 
mon in (heir political vocabulary, their own can- 
didate has received in extra allowances over and 
above his pay as an officer of the army, up to the 
(irst of January last, the very moderate sum of 
>J.74,S64 04, which does not include the value of 
the "quarters and fuel" furnished him during his 
long period of service, and which would amount 
to several thousand dollars additional. 
. The last accounts of the Whig military candi- 
date for the presidency show bin: to be now in re- 
ceipt of the following sums per month, as pay and 
;xtra allowances : 

PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF MAJ. GENE- 
RAL TAYLOR PER MONTH. 

Pay .... . $(200 00 

Allowance for quarters, 8, rooms, at $15 120 00 
Allowasice for fuel, S cords of wood for 
self, and 2-3 of a cord for four servants, 
at $3 per cord . . . .69 33 

Allowance for subdistence for self,. thir- 
ty R.\TioNs PER DAY, at 20 ccnts per 
ration . . . . . 180 00 

Allowance for four servants, 4 ration's per 

day, at 20 cents . . . 24 00 

Allowance for clothing for same, at|t2 50 

each . . . . . 10 00 

Allowance as pay for same, at $8 each . 32 00 
Allowance for forage for 7 horses, at $8 
each . . . . . 56 00 

Making . . .691 33 

Sis hundred and ninety-one dollars and 

rJllRXy-THUKE CENTS PER MONTH, WHICH IS 
SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED A.ND NINE- 
TY -FIVE DOLL AI!S AND NINETY-SIX CENTS A YEAR, 

\Yliich this military candidate for the presidency 



receives, and is determined to hold on fo, unles? 
the good people can be gulled, as the availabiPty- 
no-pnnciple Whig party hope, into eipcting him 
to that high office. The Democratic candidate, on 
being nominated, immediately relinquished every- 
thing—dignity of station and salary, and placed 
himseli in the hands of the people. 



ScnUtimita of Distinguished Patriots. 

" In contemplatins" the causes which may dis- 
turb our Union, it occurs, as a matter of serious 
concern, that any ground should have been fur- 
nished for characterizing parties by geographical 
discriminations— Northern and Southern, Atlantic 
and Western : whence designing men may endea- 
vor to excite the belief that there is a real dilier- 
ence of local interests and views. * * 

"You cannot shield yourselves too much against 
the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring 
from these misrepresentations ; they tend to ren- 
der alien to each other those who ought to be 
bound together by fraternal aifection."— ir«s/i. 
ingtoii's Farewell Address. 

" We behold systematic eilbrts publicly made to 
sow the seeds of discord between diiierent paitiei 
ot the United Stales, and to place party divisions 
directly upon geographical distinctions; to excite 
the South against the Norlli, and the NorUi againsi 
the South, and to force into the controversy the 
most delicate and exciting topics; topics vpoti 
which it is impossible that a large portion of t/ii 
Unio'n can ever speak without strong emotion. ' 
^"Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time 
create mutual hostility; and artful and designing 
men will always be found who are ready to Ibmen' 
these fatal divisions, and to inflame the natural 
jealousies of diiierent sections of the country.— 
The history of the world is full of such examples, 
and especially the Jiistory of republics."— J«c/t-. 
son's harewell Address. 

"Let us cling to the Constitution and the Uniox. 
as the surest and most etacient mode of promo- 
ting the cause of liberty in our own country and 
throughout the world. 

"It there be those among us who, misled by a 
mistaken sympathy, or by sudden excitemeni 
upon any subject, are forgetlul of their obliga- 
tions to the whole country, to the Constitutioi, 
and the U/iion, let us use every effort of persua- 
sion and example to a\iaken them to a sense ol 
their dangerous error. If those who, lor the sak< 
of private interest, personal ambilion, or momen- 
tary poUlicul success, are willing to experiment 
upon the public passions, to treat lightly Iheii 
constitutional obligations, to foment sectional jeal- 
ousies, and raise up geographical distinctions 
within the Union, let the absence of our counte- 
nance and support convince such that the pefsonal 
gratification or public services of any living man 
are not objects of sufficient magnitude to be gaineii 
at the expense of the harmony of the country, 
the peace of the Union, or a single letter in the list 
of our constitutional duties."— 6W«s Wright. 



" If we are not struck with judicial blindness, 
we shall cling to this Constitution as the mariner 
clings to the last plank, when night and the tem- 
pest close around hhn."— Lewis Cass. 

DOCTRINE OF MARTIN VAN BUREN 
IN 1S44. 

" My name and pretensions, however subordinate, 
shall never be at the disposal of any person what- 
ever, for the purpose of creating distraction or divl- 
sion in the Democratic party, and every aUemjit to 
use them for such a purpose, WHENKvtR and 
WHtREVKR tmide, shall be arrested by an inter, 
ference on ?ny part, alike prompt and decisive. I 
regard the Presidency as liie highest and most hon- 
orable ofpoliiical distinctions, but it is only as the 

UXDOUBTED AND FREE-WILL OrFERIXG OF THK 

Democracy of the Nation that 1 would accept 
it." 



BRITISH PRESS HOSTILE TO GEN. CASS 
AND FAVORABLE TO TAYLOR. 
"The triumph of Gen. Cass would indicate a 
continuation of the aggressive policy of the two 
last Presidents, and might excite in our minds 
^reat distrust of the future relations of the United 
.-states with this country. Mr. Van Buren. who 
has already hlled the olKce of President, would be 
far less objectionable, though his chance of suc- 
cess is probably a small one. Mr. Clay is merely 
put forward by the con.-tancy of his old friends; 
and upon the whole, unless some unknown candi- 
date should be started upon us before the election, 
we are inclined to look upon Gen. Taylor as the' 
fittest and best man to be President of the United 
States, and the one most likely (o be raised to that 
■xalted post by the voice of the peogle."— Xo«(/o?i 
Tunes. 

"The Democratic party, with many statesmen 
ot ability in their ranks, fix u|)on a person who 
aas nothing to recommend him save a quarrelsome 
)ropensity, and a particular haired to Great Bri- 
tain and her colonics. Gen. Cass occupies about 
'he same position among the peaceable and entei- 
prising portion of his countrymen, that O'Connor 
ind Mooney fill in the ranks of the Irish repealers. 
The latter are ardent ad'nirers of libei-ty, and un- 
lualiiied denouncers of tyranny and Saxonism— 
^ylth the Atlantic between them and their enemies. 
So with General Cass. 

"A ' free soil, free labor, and free speech' party 
las boen organized, which embraces all races and 
■olors, and every shade of political opinion. A con- 
vention of this body was held in Buffalo last week, 
it which the greatest unanimity prevailed. Ano- 
ther feature in this movement is, the reccgnition of 
'he colored population as Jrcemen, in every sense cf 
'he vvord, and an ejctension to them of the right fo 
lahberate and legislate upon questions affecting 
'he welfare and government of the country. 

" Four parties may thus be said to be in the 
ueld, and although we do not anticipate the «uc- 
cess this year of the 'free soil' men, yet (our 
years will make a vast difference in their positior 
and probably en:ible them to place their candi- 
lale in the chair. Of course SUCH A KESUf T 
WOULD SOUND THE DEATH-KNELL OF 
ruE \JmON,"—Numilton {Canada) Sjpcctutor. 



SLAVERY IN CALIFORNIA. 

It will b9 s«en by the following extracts, that a 
prohibition of slavery in California can be attend- 
ed with no practical results. Under such circum- 
stances, uill not all good Democrats withhold their 
countenance and support from those who are ur- 
Sixis. this issue at the expense of the Union and 
success of the Democratic party ? 

" No one who has ever visited this country, and 
who is acquainted with the character and value of 
slave labor in the United States, would ever ihink 
of bringing his own slaves here, with any view to 
profit, nmcli less would he purchase slaves tor such 
a purpose. Their labor here, if they could be re- 
tained as slaves among peons nearly of their own 
color, would never repay the cost of transpoita- 
tion, much less the additional purchase money. 

"The profits of labor are too inadequate lor the 
existence of negro slavery. Slavery, as practised 
by the Mexicans, under the form of peonage, 
which enables their master to get the services of 
the adult while in the prime of life, without the 
obligation of rearing him in infancy, wipporting 
him in old age, or maintaining his family, atkrds 
no data for estimating the profits of slave labor as 
it exists in the U. SU{tis."—MaJ.Emonj, U. .s.^. 

"Every Bound-niindcd mi>.n in California will 
endorse the sentiments of Mr. Buchanan, i hey 
are sensible, and just, and will commend them- 
selves to universal approbation on this side ol the 
Rocky mountain.^. Nowhere could there be less 
pretext for tlie introduction of slavery than in 
California. The country is well known to be re- 
markably healthy. The natives of all portions ol 
the United States enjoy the same health here as 
on their own soil, and we are capable ot enduring 
the same hardships and fatigues. We have nothing 
to create sickness, and nothing to call for a cla=s 
of laborers forming an unfortunate caste in society, 
of a color unlike that of the proprietors ot the 
soil. At present, there is not a slave in Calilornia, 
and the power of the government is inadequate, it 
is believed, to their general introduction. Ihose 
who attempt the transler of their slaves Irom the 
East to the West of the Rocky mountains, unit 
meet with the intvilable loss of their property. They 
minht as well atiempl to remove them to Aftu Lu- 
glmid or to CasatZa."— California Star. 



HOSTILITY OF GEN. TAYLOR TO THE 
VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. 

As G-'n. Cass's course in respect to the volun- 
teers has been made the theme of Federal calumny 
aud falsehood, something in relation to Gen. 1 ay- 
lor's treatment of them may not prove uninterest- 
ing to the public. Subjoined is an article from the 
Coshocton (Ohio) Democrat: 
" The St.\te of Ohio, Coshocton co., ss. 

" Personally came before me, the under- 
signed, an acting Justice of the Peace, in 
said county, William Jons and Jacob S. 
Hunt, and made solemn oath that they be- 
longed to the 3d regiment Ohio volunteers, 
and were present in the town of Marin, in 



Mexico, and heard Gen! Taylor swear in 
the most blasphemous manner, that all the 
volunteers were a G— d d—d set of thieves, 
and that such men would run, rather than 
tight, at the first sight of the enemy— for no 
other cause than that a boy had killed a 
chicken at a deserted ranch or c.ibin in 
said town. JACOB S. HUNT, 

[ WILLIAM JONS. 

" Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 
Istdayof July, A.D. 1S4S. 

G. F. CASSINGHAM, /. P. 

'• I hereby certify that I fully concur with 
VIessrs. Hunt and Jons in the aflidavits they 
have made in relation to the blasphemous 
md slanderous words used by Gen. Taylor 
towards the volunteers at Marin, in Mexi- 
co. F. W. O'HARA. 

'•Witness — James Dickson, 

G. F. Cassinghaih. 

"Coshocton, Ohio, July 3, 1848." 

A Statement of Facts. 

" Mr. Editor : Having been a member of com- 
pany B, 3d Ohio volunteers, who served in Mexico 
under the command of Gen. Z. Taylor, and haviiig 
ascertained that it is denied that Gen. Taylor ever 
used blasphemous or slanderous language towards 
;he volunteers whilst in service— a:. d having learn- 
ed that the members of this company are charged, 
by some, with tlms slandering General Taylor, and 
that for political etfect -I would ask leave, through 
your paper, to make a plain slatement of facts, that 
■ve may be set right in rcjiard to the charges pre- 
ferrcd against us, viz., Jbu^e of Gen. Taylor. 

" Hashing been relieved by Colonel Ilamtranick s 
Virt^inia legiment, we took up our line of inarch at 
i2 o'^'clock ;?t night, expecting to encount^-r Urrea 
iiid his force eveiy hour. Unadvised as to the re- 
mit of the battle of Buena Vista, we pursued our 
:orced march for four days, against hunger, thirst, 
md fatigue, fearing no danger. We had already 
>vercome the distance ot 100 miles, with nothing 
but hard crackers and salt pork— with but half ra- 
tions at that— when we relieved Major Giddings 
aid his small command, who were surrounded by 
Urtea's force in the plaza at Ceralvo. Urrea fled 
it cur approach, and we pursued him on. The 
lead and inangUd bodies of our countrymen were 
scattered on each side of the road for many miles— 
1 sight suilicient to excite the keenest passion of 
revenge in the most callous heart. Many of those 
•Jius murdered were our companions of tlie 2d Ohio 
regiment, who had fought their way through a few 
lays previous ; and others were unarmed teamsters 
ai d travellers, whom the Mexican bandits had mur- 
dered and plundered in cold blood. Revenge rose 
spontaneous in every patriotic breast, and extermi- 
nation would have been too mild to have satisfied 
our feelings at that time. 

" The advanced guard of the command having 
reached the deserted town of Marin, instead ot 
meeting Gen. Urrea, as we anticipated, tliey met 



General Taylor, tvitli l,10(/'ofhis command, inclu- 
ding BragjDr's battery, who having defeated die hosts 
of Sanla Anna, liatl marched to open his commu 
• nication to the rear, which had been cut olf by 
Urrea, Geu. Taylor at this time stood high in our 
estimation, aiid we had hoped to meet a man as 
generous as he was brave. As he was entering the 
town of Marin, and before he was known to our 
men, one of the guard — as we were informed attWe 
time — seeing a chicken, secured it "for keeps." 
Starved as the men then were, we hardly doubt if 
any man in tlie army would fail to ha\e done the 
same thing, for the town was deserted, and its in- 
habitants had joiued Urrea and his force. General 
Taylor being near, and seeing the offender perpe- 
trate this awful crime, after ordering one of his- 
body guard to arrest him, strip him of his belts, &c., 
rode up to the guard and used the following lan- 
guage — an reported by all the mciabers ofllie L>;itard, 
some of whose veracity cannot be doubted, whos^ 
statements were immediately reported among the 
troops, and universally credited, viz: — '■^ Yoa are 
all a G — d d — d set of thieves and cowards ; you 
never come here to fight, but to )ob and plunder, 
and will rvn the first i^iglit of the enemy." Lan- 
guage in this strain was the lirst saluta'.ioii we re- 
ceived Irom General Taylor. It was addressed to 
about 60 men who formed the advance guard, n\u\ 
were detailed four or five from each company.— 
The language and conduct of Gen. Taylor went 
through the command like wildliro. 

"The excitement of this march, and the stirr- 
ing events which followed, served to allay tlie feel- 
ings of indigiation which pervaded the breast o' 
every soldier in th« cominan.i. We were also re 
minded by our olhcers that it was neces^Hry (or us 
to submit, to promote the discipline of the army : 
and, therelbre, nothing wa« done further tlian n 
private expression of our feelings uj)ou the sul)iect. 
It was always a tlieine of convers.ition ainoag thf 
troops, and since our return have freely talked o( 
the matter; but recognizing General Taylor as ai 
officer of tlie regular service, we ever deemed i: 
unnecessary to expose publicly his conduct tov.ard- 
lis as citizen soldiers. But since he now sland.- 
before the people as a cindidate for the highesi 
civil oliice from the citizens of this Republic, we 
deena it our duty, as well as our privilege, to ex- 
pose his character and conduct, keeping trulh anci 
juslice in view, that other citizens, v>ho are iioi 
soldiers, may never feel the iiijuries of his tyran- 
nical and I'ieadstrong disposition — and not only so 
but that we may remove the censura from oil' us. 
viz : of lying upon General Taylur." 

ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS. 



" Coshocton, Onio, July 1, 184S. 
"The undersigned, members of compa- 
ny " B," third regiment Ohio volunteers, 
who served under the command of Majoi 
General Taylor in ilexico, having learned 
that it has been disputed within the last few 
days, in Coshocton, that Gen. Taylor ever 
called the 3d Ohio regiment a set of G — d 

d d thieves and robbers, and that the) 

only came the^e to rob and plunder and not 



to fighl, hereby certify, that the above state- 
ment by one of our number is a true history 
of the facts as they occurred to us at the 
time. And, it having been denied that such 
statement was ever made public by any of 
the volunteers until after the nomination of 
General Taylor for the presidency, say — 
That those on guard that day published the 
fact immediately; that it became a universal 
talk among the volunteers ; that it was uni- 
versally credited ; and that it created univer- 
sal dissatisfaction. And further say, that 
without exception or reserve, the above 
facts were publicly talked of by us after our 
return. 

CiiAs. Co.\LEY, R. Banks, 2d Lt., 

B. F. Sells, Sa31uel Blrns, Jr. 

S.B. Crowley, 1st It. Jos. Sawyeis, 
Jas. DiCKSOiV, J. S. Hoover, 

R. J. Harrison, R. W- Burt, 

Sam'l Alexander, Edward More, 
J. H. Williams, Van O. Cresap, 

Edward Johnson, DIoses Aunspaugh, 
J. D. Workman, 2d It. J. B. Crowlev, 
Elisiia Morrow, Henry Simith. 



General Ta'jJer and the IVhiuteers in the 
Florida W^ar, 

On the part of officers of the regular army, tliere 
has ever exi.stcd a feeling of contempt tor the vol- 
unteer soldiers of the republic. Events, which 
give the character of the man and his fi!elin{js, 
show that Gen. Taylor is far from being free from 
this unjust jirejudice, and that it has showed itself 
being before the war with Mexico commenced by 
the act of that republic. The Lafayette (Indiana) 
Courier has the following : 

"Gen'. Taylor and tjie Voi.u.\tkkrs. — To 
-:how that Taylor's hostility to the volunteer sol- 
diery of our country is no new thing with that in- 
lividual, it is only necessary to refer to his 'Re 
101 1' of the battle of Okeechoebee, in which h« 
•dhcially stated that ' the Missouri volunteers 
icted as well as volunteers ii^nalli/ do — they iired 
iiie round and then broke id run!' 

" Sppaking of tills matter, the Platte Argus asks 
"he attention of Missourians of all parties to the 
(bliowing resolutions passed by the State Legisla- 
iiVe of Missouri, in February, 1839, in rslation lo 
the conduct of Gen. (theu Col.) Zachary Taylor. 
It should be recollected that the m:st promincn 
Whig members of the I^egisiature took a mo'^' 
active part, and the St. Louis Republican ai i 
other \Vhig prints not only endorsed them, 1;;:,' 
leiiounced Colonel Taylor most bitterly. A man 
unworthy of commission' in the army is certainly 
not lit to be Piesident. Here are the resolutions: 
" ' Resolved by the Senate and House of Ixeprcsc7i- 
'titifcs, That so much of Col. Z. Taylor's repoit 
)f the battle of Okeechoebee, which charges that 
the Missouri volunteers and spies mostly broke 



anil fell back (o the baj^gage, and that the repeat- 
ed efforts of his staff could not rally them, is 
proved to be unfounded, not to say uninienlionally 
false. 

'' ' Rcsotved, That Col. Z. Taylor in his report 
of the battle of Okeechoebee, has done manifest 
injustice to the Missouri volunteers and spies, and 
that said report roas not founded on facts as they 
occnrred. 

" ' Resolved, That a commanding officer who 
has wantonly misrepresented the conduct of men 
who have promptly done their duly and gallarUTy 
sustained him in battle, is unicortlty a coinmisswn 
in the army of the United States." 

A VILE FEDERAL. SLANDER NAILED. 

"General Cass is the hero of Hull's surrender. 
Ordered away by Ceneral Hull before the attack 
upon Detroit by the British, General Cass received 
no intelligence of the disaster till he was sum- 
moned by a single British officer, fourteen miles 
from Detroit, to yield, and he did yield : with two 
or three regiments of men, Gen-. Cass surrendered 
to a single British oflicer, Iburteen miles from any 
other enemy. If Gf?n. Hull committed treason, is 
not General Cass a traitor ? Yes, lie is an ass 

AND A VILLIAN. He SHOULD HAVK nEEN TRIED 
AND hung; he should HAVE BEEN TRIED AND 

SHOT, at that very time," &.c, — Report of T. 
Butler King's speth in A^etv Jersey. 

Extract of a letter from Gen. Jesvp to Hon. 
Jtob^t, Smith, refuting the above falsehood, 

"As the acting adjutant general of the army, I 
detailed that detachment, and, by the order of 
General Hull, placed Col. McArthur, (not Col. 
Cass) in command of it. The General directed 
that the dotachment should consist of one hundred 
and fifty men from Col. McArthur's, and the same 
number from Colonel Cass's regiment, and a few 
mounted men were directed to accompany it. 
Before the detachment marched, a numberof vol- 
unteers joined it from both regiments, so that the 
aggregate force when it left tlie camp was about 
four hundred men. Colonel Cass was not a part 
of the detail — he joined as a volunteer. When I 
understood that he desired to go, I objected to two 
colonels going with so small a detachment; but 
the service was considered by us all as extremely 
perilous. Colonel Cass claimed it as a right to 
share the dangers with his men, and he was per- 
mitted by the Gericral, ot ordered, to accompany 
them. 

On the 16th of August General Hull surren- 
dered the fort and army, by capitulation, to the 
British forces under the command of Major Gen- 
eral Brock, and included Col. McArthui's detach- 
ment in the capitulation. The colonel had been 
ordered by express to return to Detroit, and he 
was within three or four miles of the fort when 
he received intelligence of the surrender. He 
fell back about three miles to the river Huron, 



where he received the articles of capitulation, 
witii an order from General Hull to surrender. 
The colonel was, 1 believe, bound in ^ood faith 
to surrender; but whether he was or not, he was 
compelled to submit, for he had not a day's sub- 
sistence, nor a dozen rounds of ammunition for 
his command. He was as gallant a .«!oldier, and 
as patriotic a citizen, as the country could boast ; 
and he did all that was possible under the circum- 
stances ; but whether the surrender of the detach, 
ment was right or wrong, he alone was responsible 
for it. Colonel (now General) Cass had no more 
to do with it than the honorable gentleman who 
makes the charges against him. 

From the foregoing statement, you perceive 
that there was not even a single regiment to sur- 
render, nor was Col. Cass in command at the time 
and on the occasion referred to by Mr. Kin<^. 
That gentleman has been so unfortnnate in the ran- 
dom statement of his facts, as not to have slvmbled 
vpon a single truth. His charges I know to be ut- 
terly unfounded from beginning to end. There is 
nothing in the history of the country, written, or un- 
wriJien, to justify any one of them in the smallest 
degree, ./is to Gen. Cass, I served with him in two 
campaigns, a part of the time under his orders, 
and attached to his brigade. I have seen him in 
situations and under circumstances that would test 
the courage of any man, and he never faltered ; but 
uhcays acted in accordance with the dictates of high 
couru'^e and patriotism. Whatsoevtr may be the 
course of others, he is never the apologist of the 
enemy, bui is always found on the side of the coun- 
try. ■ 

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient 
servant, - TH. S. JESUP. 



TIIF.VSIS TO BE KEPT /wV *T!r/.Vi;. 

1. That MILLARD FILLMORE voted fbr the 
odious BANKRUPT LAW, while the gallant 
WM. O. BUTLER opposed it in all the stages 
of its progress. 

2. That while WM. O.BUTLER spoke and voted 
for remitting the fine imposed on Gen. JACK- 
SON by a corrupt Federal Judge, MILLARD 
FILLMORE opposed so slight an act of justice 
to the nobie Hero of New Oilcans. 

3. That Hie Philadelphia Whig " Slaughter-house" 
Convention, by an overwhelming vote, i<ailed lo 
the table a resolution approving the Wilmot pro- 
viso. A fixed fac' for Northern Federalimpostors. 

,4. That a gentleman of Syracuse, N. Y., offers 
$1,000 reward to any person that will show that 
Gen. CASS has said or written a word in favor 
of the extension of slavery. 

5. That Gen. Taylor has never said he would not 
veto the Wilmot proviso. 

6. That all third parties land in the slough of Fed- 
eralism. 



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